An electron microscope image of the CDC’s recreated 1918 Influenza virus, seen here, 18 hours after infection. Courtesy: CDC/Dr. Terrence Tumpey Despite recent advances in microbiology, early ...

To fight the virus that causes influenza, one of the avenues being explored by scientists is the development of drugs capable of destabilizing its genome, which is made up of eight RNA molecules.

Electron microscopy revealed that a deadly disease of birds was not a form of flu, but a different type of virus entirely. Ashley started at The Scientist in 2018. Before joining the staff, she worked ...